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Andreas first trained as a carpenter and then studied architecture and urban planning in Trier and Delft. He graduated from the TU Delft in 2004. Andreas worked at the Dutch office DP6 architectuurstudio and from 2006 at Behnisch Architekten in Stuttgart and from 2009 in Munich. In 2014, he founded Leupold Brown Goldbach Architekten in Munich together with Christian Goldbach and Wyly Brown. The firm opened its Boston office in 2018, and then in Stuttgart in 2022. Andreas is a guest lecturer and critic at various universities and has worked as an adjudicator in competitions since 2019.

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After training as a carpenter, Christian worked for a year as a craftsman in Australia. From 1998 to 2004, he studied architecture at the University of Stuttgart, which included a stint at the TU Delft. Christian worked at ars Architecture and Urban Planning from 2001 to 2004 and at Behnisch Architects in Stuttgart from 2004-2013 on projects both in Germany and the US.

In 2014, he founded LBGO Leupold Brown Goldbach Architekten in Munich together with Andreas Leupold and Wyly Brown. The firm opened its Boston office in 2018 and then in Stuttgart in 2022. He has also been working as an adjudicator since 2018.

Christian has been a guest lecturer at the University of Stuttgart from 2010 to 2012 and, since 2014, at the faculty of climate-responsive design under Prof. Thomas Auer at the Technical University of Munich. He has also been working as an adjudicator since 2018.

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Born and raised in Costa Rica and Uruguay, Konstantin studied architecture and design at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart from 2001 to 2007 and worked at Sauerbruch Hutton in Berlin and at OMA Office for Metropolitan Architecture in Rotterdam. After a stint as an architect in Costa Rica, Konstantin was project manager for several projects at Behnisch Architekten in Stuttgart from 2008 to 2021 and headed the competition department there. Since 2014 he has worked as a lecturer and guest critic at several universities. Konstantin has been managing the LBGO Stuttgart office as a partner since 2022.

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Lukas commenced his architecture degree at the Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences in 2008 and received his bachelor’s degree in 2012. After spending time in the US in 2012, he completed a master’s degree from 2013 to 2015 at the faculty of energy efficient and sustainable planning and building chaired by Prof. Werner Lang at the Technical University of Munich, where he graduated as a Master of Science. He wrote his master’s thesis at the faculty of building technology and climate responsive design chaired by Prof. Thomas Auer in 2015. After working for Behnisch Architekten in Stuttgart and Boston, Lukas joined LBGO when the office was founded in 2014 and has worked as a project manager in the Munich and Boston offices. He has been an associate of the office since 2019 and became Partner in 2023.

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Mikus first studied art and design in Farnham, England, and classical drawing and painting at the Art Academy of Latvia. He then studied architecture at the Münster School of Architecture from 2005 to 2012, receiving a bachelor’s and master’s degree in architecture respectively, with a focus on design and construction. After working in architecture firms in Mexico and Germany, Mikus joined LBGO in its founding year of 2014 and became an associate in 2019. Mikus has been a partner in the Munich office since 2023. Mikus has been the project manager in charge of landmark projects for the firm, including the multi-generational houses in Weyarn and the Spinnery courtyard in Kolbermoor.

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After obtaining degrees in Arctic Studies from the University of Lapland (Finland) and Anthropology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst (US), Wyly studied at Harvard University from 2001 to 2006, graduating with a Master of Architecture. As a fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, he then worked on various research projects at Prof. Sobek’s Institute for Lightweight Structures and Conceptual Design at the University of Stuttgart. From 2008 to 2012, he worked at Behnisch Architekten in Stuttgart and Munich. In 2014, he founded Leupold Brown Goldbach Architekten in Munich together with Andreas Leupold and Christian Goldbach. The firm then opened its Boston office in 2018. Wyly was a guest lecturer at the faculty of architectural informatics at the Technical University of Munich from 2011 to 2014, where he taught parametric design. In 2018, Wyly was an adjunct professor at Massachusetts College of Art & Design. Since 2019, he has been Professor of Building Technology at Washington University in St. Louis, USA, where he currently conducts intensive research into the use of bamboo as a sustainable building material.